Tuesday, June 2, 2009

This photo is from a video shoot I just did for About.com on "How to Make Shepherd's Pie." I will post the recipe here as soon as it goes "live" so you can make a pan for your flock.

I'm also brainstorming a video recipe for vegetarian Shepherd's pie, based on caramelized mushrooms.

Although I know a few people that would be perfect for the challenge of herding vegetables, "Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie" is a pretty silly name for obvious reasons.

So, I'd like a little help coming up with a name. Here are a few ideas I have so far: Forager's Pie, Gardener's Pie, Vegetable-Murder's Pie, and Worker's Collective Pie. Let me know if any of those appeal to you, or give me your own ideas. Thanks!

All kidding aside, I recently hosted a dinner party where the attendees had a mix of dietary preferences: vegetarian and omnivorous. We ended up baking two shepard's pies, one of which I had replaced the meaty goodness with Light Life brand ground "beef". Even as a dedicated carnivorous, I was pleasantly surprised by the resulting product. Most fauxmeats fall short of the real deal, but seasoned TVP comes very close.

Secondly, I think Harvest's Pie is a good name for it. It has the same amount of syllables as Shepherd's Pie. But also, the world "harvest", alone, begins to paint a picture of a hearty meal made with fresh fresh veggies

okey dokie chef john you all have had 1 yr & 4 mos. to post the video and the ingredience for this 'whatchamacallit pie'...and nada yet! when can we see? would love to make it... can't do that w/o video and/or ingredience...

To entitle such a delight with such a common, overused word like "Garden" Pie is unworthy. After foraging through all the comments I think "Forage" Pie is more than appropriate; in fact it's quite clever! Thanks for all you do!

To entitle such a delight with such a common, overused word like "Garden" Pie is unworthy. After foraging through all the comments I think "Forage" Pie is more than appropriate; in fact it's quite clever! Thanks for all you do!